1964 Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 38-45
It has been reported that Trichomycin discoverd by Hosoya1) is effective in the treatment of organ candidiasis.Suzuki2) found that sodium bicarbonate also has a therapeutic effect in pulmonary candidiasis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechnism of effect of Trichomycin and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) upon Candida albicans (abbr. as C. alb.). The study was carried out to observe the effect of Trichomycin on C. alb. culture under microscope, and the effect of sodium bicarbonate on experimental rabbit candidiasis histologically and mycologically.